Use of Hickman right atrial catheter in pediatric oncology patients.
Eighteen pediatric oncology inpatients had 21 Hickman right atrial catheters placed for total venous access; 16 patients received parenteral nutrition. Mean duration of catheterization was 43 +/- 29 (SD) days. Four catheters had to be removed for infection or clotting. The catheter-related sepsis rate was 10%. Serious catheter-related complications were no more frequent in this population than in patients receiving only parenteral nutrition via Broviac or pediatric Broviac catheters.
D000293:Adolescent; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000295:instrumentation*